The Biscuit Eater

Name: The Biscuit Eater
Director: Vincent McEveety
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1972-03-22
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 6.25
Cast: Earl Holliman, Johnny Whitaker, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, Godfrey Cambridge

1972

1h 32m

Drama Family

Director: Vincent McEveety

Writers: James H. Street, Lawrence Edward Watkin

Overview

Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."